{"id":35,"date":"2026-08-29T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passcontractorexam.com\/articles\/florida-contractor-exam-format\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:44:34","slug":"florida-contractor-exam-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passcontractorexam.com\/articles\/florida-contractor-exam-format\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Florida Contractor Exams Are There, and What Is on Each One?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Florida certified contractor examination has three parts: Business and Finance, Contract Administration, and Project Management. Together they run to 255 questions and about 16 hours of examination time.<\/strong> All three are open book and multiple choice, and each is passed or failed independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That last point shapes everything else. These are not three sections of one sitting. They are three exams with three results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Part<\/th>Questions<\/th>Time allowed<\/th>Time per question<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Business and Finance<\/strong><\/td>125<\/td>6.5 hours<\/td>about 3 min 7 sec<\/td><\/tr>
Contract Administration<\/strong><\/td>65<\/td>4.75 hours<\/td>about 4 min 23 sec<\/td><\/tr>
Project Management<\/strong><\/td>65<\/td>4.75 hours<\/td>about 4 min 23 sec<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>255<\/strong><\/td>about 16 hours<\/strong><\/td>n\/a<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each exam also contains 5 pilot questions that are not graded and do not count for or against your score. You are not told which ones they are, so the practical effect is only that an unfamiliar looking question is not necessarily a sign that you have missed something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business and Finance is the outlier in every direction. It is nearly twice the questions of the other two, it is the longest sitting, and it gives you the least time per question. If you are planning around fatigue, that is the one to plan around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The longest part by some distance, and the tightest on time per question.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Do you have to take all three?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Which parts you need depends on the licence you are applying for, and that is a question for the DBPR rather than for a prep site. What is worth knowing structurally is that because each part is passed independently, you are not obliged to sit them all at once, and passed parts do not expire the moment you fail another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That creates a genuine scheduling decision, and it is one most candidates make by accident rather than on purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does the order matter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It can, and the argument runs both ways depending on what you are optimising for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n